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Casey Anthony Found Not Guilty! Let’s Chat.

Earlier today, jurors in Florida found Casey Anthony, who has been on trial for the murder of her two-year-old daughter, not guilty.

Casey Anthony in the court room last week.

NPR reports that Anthony was found not guilty of the three most serious charges against her: first degree murder, aggravated manslaughter and aggravated child abuse. She was, however, found guilty of “providing false information to a law enforcement officer.” She could face up to a year in prison for each of “lying count.”

The story of Caylee Anthony’s death beyond heartbreaking. The Orlando Sentinel reports that prosecutors argued that Casey murdered her daughter and then lied to explain Caylee’s month-long absence before notifying law enforcement. On the other side of the courtroom, Casey’s defense team claimed that young Caylee “drowned in the family's pool.” They alleged that Casey’s father, a “former police officer, decided to make the death look like a homicide by placing duct tape over the child's mouth and dumping the body in the woods.” Casey’s father, “George Anthony has denied that.”

Readers, let’s get serious this afternoon. What do you make of this verdict? Are you surprised? Outraged? Or maybe you expected the jurors to deliver this sort of verdict? Did you think the jurors would take longer to deliberate?